can I control 3 pin fans from the motherboard?
6597
All 4 pin connectors support 3 pin fans but the PWM speed control is not supported (4 pin PWM fans only). This board has two connectors for case fans and one for the CPU. Personally, I'd spend a couple extra bucks and buy new 4 pin fans.
1314404
I'm not aware of a four pin on a motherboard. Like it says, connect it to the power supply. It works fine as a 5volt or 12volt for a full speed fan.
2087559
I don't know what PWM fans are but as far as I know as long as your fans have the right # of pins all you do is plug them in to the control box and your are set..to set them the way you want then is easy, just follow the directions..i have had mine for a few months and no issues.. love this thing !!
1896676
Your best bet is to get a fan with a 3-pin connector and plug it into one of the "case fan" headers on your mother board, then you can set the speed/temp profile in your BIOS like you do for the CPU fan. You could also buy a 4-pin molex fan and plug it into the power supply as you mentioned. Last, you could get a Y adapter to run it off the 3/4-pin "cpu fan" header on the board but I would not suggest that.
1309899
You should be able to plug a three pin into a 4 pin. Alternatively you could just rub them off the power supply with the right connectors.
419948
That is an option, but the cooler works well with the two fans. It is the best cooler I have purchased. This is my forth. Good Luck
332743
The ons cable that has 3 Molex spots can run up to 3 of these at once, but I would strongly recommend pluging them ingo your mother board so that you would have some control over the fan speed via the bios.
2223411
Well two things, you can find adapter cables the have 3pin to 4 pin molex. What i did was, i went and bought a fan controller for my case that allows me to control the fan speeds. Example of the cable im talking about is this( 3-Pin to 4-Pin Adapter )
670635
I bought one because my mother board had only one fan connecoer and my case has two fans. it works. it has 3 pins just like any fan connector on a motherboard.
295209
No, this is for manual control (it doesn't use the mobo controllers). Fans get plugged into this, and the round dials control the fan speed. I got this because my (asrock) motherboard didn't have enough controllers and I didn't want to run my fans at 100% power. CPU cooler stays on the motherboard, everything else gets plugged into this.
1389186
No far as I know it just works with 3 you would have to buy some 3to4pin adapters but it works very well with 3pin fan
680733
Is there a solution out there that allows independent signal flow and speed control through fan splitter cables? I sure hope so..
487911
You can connect it to your psu to 4pin connector which will run at full speed or you can buy a cheap fan controller where you can connect 2-5fans which ever you like and can rub them at low rpm for quiet performance...what you do is coonect these fans to your mobo and the stock fans to psu(power supply)
1846068
Does not come with an adapter that can allow it to be controlled by the motherboard. These are one speed fans that come with a 3 pin to 4 pin MOLEX adapter so you can hook them up to your power supply or maybe a fan controller. These are not PWM fans. I bought them once thinking they were and returned them. These are the fans you want if you want PWM. Andrew is wrong.Cougar Vortex PWM 120 Cooling CF-V12HP, Orange
1975172
You don't need an adapter, 3pin connector will fit a 4pin socket. However, you won't be able to manage fan speeds using PWM, for that you need PWM enabled fans, which are 4pin.
615124
There are qty 4, 4 pin connectors for case fans, and 2 for cpu. The 4 pin ports are good for 3 pin fans too, just to be clear. This is a great MB for the $, I am completely satisfied..
1903055
The fan controller is independent of the motherboard. It gets power from the large 4 pin molex(or two for redundancy, if I recall), and from there splits power to 6 independent fans through the small pin headers(same size as motherboard).